We can register her!

My friend that sold us Cuesta, notified Mark today that she has found some paperwork that she lost, and we can register Cuesta as a Paint with the American Paint Horse Association (APHA.) This is awesome; it does increase her monetary value (not important as we never want to sell her) but it also is just awesome in general; it is literally her birthright to be APHA.
Now I will have all the fun of explaining why our colored mare (Emma) is not a Paint, but our solid chestnut is.. lol.
To celebtrate, here's a Cuesta Photo Festa from tonight!
body shot:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...tawholed-1.jpg
Portraits:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ve/cues3-1.jpg
Got any treats?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ve/cuesta1.jpg
Yummy hay:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ve/cuesta2.jpg
Weird expression!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...uestafunny.jpg
"I'm tired! Let me go to sleep already!"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...e/cuesdark.jpg
I couldn't leave Emma out :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ve/emma1-1.jpg

Jen, you can practise on me. How does that work actually?

You send in papers, pictures, and a registration fee. If I remember correctly. My mom owns a horse ranch, and several of the horses are registered with the AQHA.

I am still learning about this myself. I had given up hope that my friend would find the mare's papers, but she did. I have some fun info on her now though! She has some awesome bloodlines; lots of Leo and Doc Bar in her lines. Her dam was named Bad Reputation, and her sire is Doc's Malbec (he is on this site:
http://www.haystackhill.com/DocsMalbec.html
If you AQHA types know anything on them, please elaborate!

Wow! I just found out that she is a granddaughter of Doc Bar, a Qh stud that I really admire! This is astounding.. I am looking up her lineage online right now.

you can usually use allbreedpedigree.com and http://www.maple-webranch.com/maple/mapleframe if you don't have an AQHA membership. I'd help but mine ran out and I'm not inclined to renew until I get around to horses again.

Let us know what you find out.

so is she a BS paint?

Oh Amy don't you know they're now SPBs? Solid Paint Breds instead of Breeding Stocks. I think they just like changing things around.

Jen, you could register Emma in the PtHA.

No I didn't mean about the registeration bit LOL. I meant how do the genetics works that solid horses are paints? Bit confusing.

Well, the paint genes aren't always dominant. Consider it this way. Solid paints are in essense possible hets. :) However it only takes one copy of the paint gene (tobiano, overo, sabino etc etc) to make a visible 'morph'. Clear as mud right?

Pretty much it comes down to you get a solid horse from a paint or two paint parents they consider that it carries paint bloodlines and thus is still allowed registration only with restrictions, you can't show in regular registry (colored horse) classes in shows and there usually are less classes offered for breedingstock/solid paint breds.

That's a very sloppy explanation though it should help.